Blog, Literary Scene, Readings Attended An Inspiring Day in Kalamazoo: Poems Happy Sunday, all! I had a wonderful, literary weekend, celebrating with Bill Olsen, New Issues Poetry & Prose, and fellow writer friends. Here are a few poems I loved from my weekend; enjoy!
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: David Dodd Lee A POEM ABOUT BLUEGILLS There are poems about bluegills. There are poems about trout. The bluegill doesn’t give a shit. It’ll eat a…
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: John Rybicki I AM MAD AND THIS IS HOW I DANCE I wheel my bed into the yard, stand it upright, braced on all sides…
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: Julie Moulds AFTER READING RUMI I say my prayers upside down, the wind blowing me like a clothespinned robe, my little bat hands curled together….
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: Beckian Fritz Goldberg CROCUS I wanted to stay in the earth: There, I needed no skin—the dark body was all around me. I had no tongue….
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: Diane Seuss IT BLOWS YOU HOLLOW It takes your bones to bed, tongues out the marrow. Says it will meet you halfway, a hotel deep…
Blog, Craft, My Poems, My Writing Challenges Jericho Brown: A Poem Like hail from a blind sky, the body falls. He drinks wine from broken shot glasses and wears a goatee. This is his appearance…
Poetry Collections, Reviews & Interviews Horses, Etc.: The Kinesthetic Nature of Marni Ludwig’s Pinwheel Typically when I read a poetry collection that is more surreal in nature, I eventually reach some level of disappointment, simply for the reason…
Reading Reading Marni Ludwig AFTER THE GIRL After the girl with the handful of mice and a tiny silver guillotine leaves, we lie down in the dark….
